Upholstery installation



MaY27, 1930- R. F. WALTERS 1,760,259

UPHOLSTERY INSTALLATION Filed July 24, 1924 l Patented Mayv27, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BOLLO F. WALTERS, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR, EY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO

UNITED-CARR FASTENER CORPORATION,

POBATION OF MASSACHUSETTS UPHOLSTERY INSTALLATION Application led Julyv 24,

Figure l is an elevation view of the inside of an automobile door, showing the shiftable studs positioned upon the frame of the door;

Fig. 2 is an inside elevation of the upholstery installation Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through a portion of the door showing one of the studs with the upholstered installation secured thereto; f Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of a preferred form of removable stud;

. Fig. 5 is a frontelevation of a preferred form of removable stud;

Fig. 6 is a section similar to Fig. 3. showing a modied form of stud secured to the 5 door frame;

Fig. 7 is a rear elevation of the modified form of lremovable stud shown in Fig. 6; -Fig. 8 isa section similar to that shown in Fig. 6, showing a second modiiiedpforni ot' removable stud; and

Fig. 9 is a. rear elevation otl that form o I removable stud `shown in Fig. 8.

Referring to the preferred form of my invention, as illustrated in Figs. l through 5, I have shown (Fig. l) an automobile door l having a frame parts2, to which are secured a plurality of socket-engaging studs. Beneath each stud, .I have provided in the frame part 2, an aperture 2a which in this 4er instance serves asa guide in positioning the studs on the frame 2, so that they will be in the proper position for engagement with eye-- lets on the upholstered part.

These apertures 2a may also be used for stud-receiving apertures when the uphol- ,stered part is provided with stud members. Thus the apertures 2a may be used for either of the purposes mentioned above, but I prefer in this'invention'to u se them as markers 50 for positioning the studs on the frame part 2.

0F CAMBRIDGE,` MASSACHUSETTS, A COR- Each stud is pressed from a single sheet of `metal'(Figs 4 and 5) and presents a contractible and expansible head 3, a base 4 and an underlying spring finger 5 formed from the base 4. "hen secured to the frame part 2 of the door, the base of the stud lies against the front web 6 of the frame part 2 and the spring linger 5 slips over the edge of the frame part and bears against the under side ot' the web 6, thus permitting the stud to be shifted transversely, relative to the frame part 2, while the stud may be held in the dcsired position by the spring finger 5, as best illustrated in Fig. 3.

The heads of the studs have slots 3a, which extend from the head of each stud a substantial distance into the raised portion 4a (Fig.` 3) of the base 4 of the stud to permit bending of the contractible `and expansible parts of the stud upon straight lines, between the slots, which do not intersect the head of thc stud, as illustrated in Fig. 5. Thus the raised portion 4 of the stud permits. the head of the stud to contract and expand without interfering with the web 6 of the frame 2 oi the door.

The upholstered part for covering that side of the door at which the studs. are secured. comprises a backing 7 of substantially rigid material, such as cardboard or thej like, a plurality of sockets or eyelets 8 and a flexible covering 9 of fabric, leather or the like' at one side of the backing 7.

Each eyelet 8 presents a stud-receiving aperture l0 and a rivet part l1, which extends through an` aperture 12 in the backing' 7 and is -clenched over a elench washer 13 Y at the opposite side of the backing, as best illustrated in Fig. 4. The rivet pa'rt of the cyelet flares outwardly7 back of the stud-receiving aperture, thereby1 to provide a recess into which thehead of the stud fits when a stud is' engaged with the eyelet.

When the eyelets 8 are all secured to the backing 7, a padding 14is placed over the surface of the backing at that side thereof at which the clench washers are exposed.'- Then the flexible covering 9 isstretched over the padding 14 and secured to the opposite side of the backing in. any-,suitable manner. Thus 112" 1924. serial No. 727,958.

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the upholstered part-is provided with a neat and finished covering, which conceals all the parts of the fasteners when the upholstered part is secured to the frame.

The upholstered part may be Aseured to theframe of the door by placing it against the studs and pressing the sockets or eyelets 8 into engagement therewith, thus drawing the edges of the upholstered part against the frame to provide a smoothly fitting edge which fits ,tightly against the surface of the frame part 2 of the door 1, as illustratedA in Fig. 3.

If for any reason any of the sockets do not register with the studs when the upholstered part is being secured to the door, the studs maybe shifted transversely relative to the frame until they do register with the eyelets 8 which are-then pressed into engagement therewith. Thus the'upholstered part. may be fitted to the door, by shifting the studs until the edges of the upholsteredpart align with the edges of the door 1.

Referring now to Figs. Gand 7, I have shown a modified form ofstud for use in upholstery installations. u

This stud is substantially as shown and described in connection with the preferred form of my invention, except that it is provided with a detent l5 which is pressed from the spring finger 5 and engages the aperture 2a.

in thefront web 6 of the frame part 2 of the door, as illustrated in Fig. 6.

The detent 15 is preferably cone-shaped, so as to provide a cam-shaped surface 16 for disengaging the stud from the aperture 2a by moving the stud in any transverse direction relative to the frameA part 2. The cross-sec tion of the detent is substantially smaller than the cross-section of the aperture 2a, as illustrated in Fig. 3. thereby to permit transverse shifting of the stud for alignment withl its poop'erating eyelet `8 in the upholstered par Referring now-to the modified form of stud, as illustrated in Figs. 8 and 9, I have shown a stud' substantially as shown and described in connection with the modified form of my invention shown in Figs. 6 and 7. J.

In this instance, however, the detent 17, for

engagement with the aperture 2 in the frame l part 2` is so formed as to present a straight wall 18 at that side thereof toward the Oinner edge "of the frame part 2, thereby to provide a stop to prevent disengagement of theistud' from the frame by a pull at that side thereof." The other sides of the detent 17 are provided with cam surfaces 1'9 to permit separation of the stud from the frame by moving the .stud lengthwise of the frame until. the detent is free from the aperture 2. Then the stud mayfbe removed from the frame.

While I` have shown and described preferred and modified forms of embodiments of my invention, it will be understood that changes involving omission, substitution, al-

my invention, which is best defined in the fol? lowing claim Claims: f

1. A. frame for reception of an upholstered installation, said frame including a plurality of apertures, and a plurality of studs having cliplike base portions presenting detent means for engagement in said apertures, said detent means substantially smaller in cross-section than the cross-section of said apertures thereby to permit said studs to shiftin any transverser direction relative to said frame.

`2. A frame for reception of an upholstered installation, said frame including a plurality of apertures, a plurality of. studs cooperating with said apertures, each of said studs having a base presenting a contract-ible and expansible socket-engaging head, a spring finger un derlying said base to hold said stud in position upon said frame and adetent presented by said spring linger for engagement with one of said apertures in said framesa.id detent substantially smaller' in cross-section than saidv aperture, thereby to permit transverse movement of said stud relative to said frame.

3. An upholster installation comprising, in combination, a rame, a plui ality of studs having clip-like base portions securing them to said frame, and an upholstered backing `presenting, .stud-receiving means engaged with said studs, thereby holding said upholstered backing to said frame, and means'providingla lost motion connection between the frame and the clip-like base portion of a stud thereby permitting shifting of said stud in any transverse direction relative to said frame for alignment with its cooperating stud-re- 

